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G. C. JENSEN.

v TIRE CARRIER. APPLICMION mu) 52: 1:10. 1911.

l lyVENTOR.

Parental June 2-1, 1919.

ATTORNEYS Uokienoi, State of Californian here noted certain iii) iii ii "iiir 1 ononen or oenzrinrin, oniirronnrn.

Tool who m iii may; concern Be in known that L'G'noneii Jicrieinn e CiijZEnoi" the Uniie ci Eiioies, residing or, in the ooiiniapoif Alameda and new and ueefni improvements in. lire-Unrriers, ofwhieh the foiiowiiig' is e specifieaxtioin The present invention reioree to improve moms in carriers for Vehieie rire's, portion ioriy the; type innintoined. inflated on a sup porting rim." 4 v The invention has for its prineipei objeeis to rovide aoorrier eopebie of error eion to tightly ei'igoge o tire enpporring rim io retain the some in position thereon, and

provided with. a bracket porrion for project" ing beyond the engageii rim to here locked engogenieni with o stationery portion, whereby the removal of one tire from the rim NViliiB on the carrier, is prevented; to provide no vei form of operoting meene for eonizroiiing the movement oi the ifuierume i rim engeg'iog member, whereby who some is capable oi reoriy movement to open or closed. position, and one wherein the rim engaging member is oniomotieziiiy ioeiiteci in its acijusted position.

With theoiiove mentioned enci other ob jects in View the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of ports hereinafter described, iiinstrntefi in the eeoomponying rirowingne and pointed out in rho cieiins iiereto eppendeci; it being nnc'ier- Brood that various changes in the form, proportion, size end minor details; of construe 'tion Within the scope oi the eioirns may be resorted to without cieporring from the s iiri'i; or sacrificing any or the eci'venregee o iii-o invention To more fully comprehend the invention. reference directed to the oeeoinpenying 'drewiiwe wherein-- v w r Figure 1 1s a, view in plain oi the preierreci embodiment of my invention.

Fig; 2 is o View in side eievotion, iiineirei ing in dotted lines, *he fniornmori rimen gaging member emi operating; means there for moved to opened position.

Fig 3 is or sectional view taken on iine S 3 of Fig. viewed in the (iireeiion of I no orrorre.

i is o, eeeiionei View roiren on iine i--4 oi" Fig. 53 viewed. in the oireer-ion oi the neeficiemi new room. riirenreei Jinno or, rippiieo'tion filer tie itemher w, 191%. fieriel no. mo re Referring more [J21 rtienioriy to the severe]- views of the drowings, wherein like chemo tors of reference designate corresponding porie,--l indicates a euiiobie snbotoniioliv' iwEiiiiipfid body portion of the tire carrier onil from the upper end of the vertieoi portion of which extend the radio] arms 2, eoeh pro rideci with e :iorwordly bent rim supporting portion 3 which portions lie in o plane poroiiei to the base 1 of iihe bociy member 1.

Emcee 4 connecting oi; one end with the free ends of the rim eupporiinn poriions 3 :11", secured at their opposite enrii: to the upper end ofizhe body portion 1, as in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and thus provide rigizi tire. supporting iii-ins. IFo-iemzmed as at 5 to the body portion 1 at 1' point above the base 1 thereof and to swing on o horizontal imie in one enri of o clamping; arm 6 having wright enguizrriy bent ioeirino; portion i or in; outer end for cooperation with izhe if'ree end'oii the base i of the iooiiy i. The locking portion. 7 cerriee o bolt 8 for reeepiaion Within on key eontrolieai look 9 at Hie onrerenri oi tire base i 1' oi. the body 1 when the eion'iping arm in 8!) swing downwardly to engage the inner em face of ihe rim of the posiizioneri tire, The clamping arm 6 is prefernbiy formed of (,z'iiznineieri motel-ML and in the iincier nor-- 'tion of the some is poeitioneri the spring 35 member 10 having; the beniv eniie eiir'iiy ing ions 11' en the ili'ie nositioneti tires to provide a, ioide eronneotion between the some onri'tiie uimflpifig arm, and. in nioxinioin the rii' oi the positioned time iigiitiy in oonitnoi: rcii'ii the rim i. in po-riiiono 3.

io opernie the oioinpmg zirin vii there is; employed {i link and ierer eoner-rnerion'in eluding the leverii? piroiniiy mouniteii oi: its upper end, as; at 141,1 1) swing on n ii in-onto! on '3 and, with the iron enoi iiiereoi? disposed to poroiiei wiah onri project i'or or eiiori; dietzinoe iongitnolinoiiy of ioeirin por-' iion in 1 operating iizinciie i5 roe soreW-iiir leo i Mi rGii-Pfiifi ii. i i in the iree e ni o the ie'w moons iior nnri ion o'nri iiireotieri the iei on with we ioeiring poi mended. opening 1?? the in.

iinir i8 is pivoiaiiiir eonneeixeci an or. 19 to the iorer 1S5 opproii: noteiy iniriwo'y of its iengrii. ind pivoioiiy eorineoiori in; no

opposite end as at 20 to the outerend of the that by connecting the link, as illustrated,

the channeled portion of the lever incloses and protects the 'fulcrumed points of the link when the lever is in its closed position.

In order to temporarily maintain the lever in its raised position to permit of the removal of a-tire from the carrier, a suitable catch 21 is employed, and the Same slides on the link 18 and is provided with a lip or tongue 22 for engagement over the right angle OOHIIBOi'IlOI I of the clamping arm 8 and locking portion 7. The raising of the lever from the full line position in Fig. 2 to the dotted line position, permits the catch 21 to slide downwardly on the link and engage the clamping arm 6, retaining the same in its elevated position, and to permit of the lowering of theclamping arm said catch is moved li-neally of the link and away from the clamping arm to disengage the lip or tongue 22 thereof from said arm, andpermitting the lowering of the same.

While I have illustrated a tire carrier capable of supporting tvvo tires, it is apparout that said carrier may be constructed to or any number of tires. The tire support maybe attached to a vehicle in any suitable manner, as by the attaching members 24- and 25.

In positioning a tire on a carrier of the type illustrated, the same may be first laid fiat on the ground adjacent the base portion 1,-the' edge adjacent said base portion is then raised to rest thereon and then the opposite edge is swung upwardly onto the supporting portions 3, thus eliminating the lifting of the tire bodily in a vertical plane onto the supporting portions 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

' l. A tire carrier comprising a plurality of stationary supporting members, certain of the men'ibers adapted tor engaging With the rim of the positioned tire to support the same, another of the members extending under the tire on the positioned rim, a

eon/nee clamping member fulcrumed for pivotal movement into engagement with the rim of the positioned tire to draw the same into engagement with the first mentioned support ing members, said clamping member capable of locked engagement at its free end with thesunporting member to which it is fulcrumed, a lever, a link connecting said lever intermediate of its ends and said clamping member, and means for securing the free end of the lever to said clamping member when the same is in locked engagement with its coiiperating supporting member.

2. A tire carrier comprising a plurality of stationary supporting members, certain of the members adapted .for engaging the inner periphery of a positioned tire to support the same, another of the members extending under the outer periphery of the positioned tire at its lowermost point, a clamping member tulcrumed for pivotal movement to engage with the inner periphery of the positioned tire at a point overlying the last mentioned member to draw the tire into engagement with the first mentioned supporting members, a lover, a. link pivota-lly connecting said lever and clamping member, and means for locking the tree endSof said clamping member and member extending under the tire in engagement.

3. A tire .carrier comprising a pair of stationary supporting members for engagingv x the inner perlphery ot a positioned tire, a support a single tire with its supporting rim,

for extending under the outer periphery of a positioned tire at its lowermost. point, a substantially L-shaped clamping member fulcrumed at one end to said body member above said base portion with its free end capable of movement to overlie the inner periphery of a positioned tire for drawingthe same intoengagemcnt with the first mom tinned.supporting; members, means for moving said. clamping member to cause the free end thereof to engage with the outer end of said, base portion, and engagealiile devices at the free ends of said base portidn and clamping member for interlocking the same on the movement. of said members into engagement. In testimony \vhereoi I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE C. JENSEN.

body member provided with a base portion Witnesses lP-mnny A. Torr D. B. lircnnnns. 

